It is on track to be operationally ready soon despite Covid-19 delays.Workers piecing together solar panels and floats before they are towed out to their designated positions in the reservoir during construction in March. Covid-19 may have caused delays to shipments of key equipment, but that has not derailed the timeline set out for building […]
Filipino Utility’s 50 MW Solar Project Comes Online
Filipino utility Mgen’s 50 MW solar project in Bucalan has come online. Commercial operations have started at a 50 MW solar power plant in the Philippines after construction was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic last year. The system, called PowerSource First Bulacan Solar, Inc. (PFBSI), is a joint venture between local power companies MGen Renewable […]
Philippines’ Further Shift to Clean Energy
The country’s energy grid continues to shift away from traditional sources and further to renewable ones. This was highly noticed in the past months as concerns on individual health and environmental welfare heightened amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Hearing the louder call to harness cleaner sources of energy, both public and private sectors […]
Indigenous Protest Over Solar Farm in Early May Reflects Recurring Issues
Earlier this month, before the uptick in COVID-19 cases that has led to near-lockdown conditions in Taipei and New Taipei, 400 members of the Puyuma people protested outside of the Taitung county government building on May 7th against plans to develop a solar farm. In particular, protesters claim they were not adequately consulted before the […]
Huawei Launches Initiatives to Provide COVID-19 Related Healthcare Services to Employees in India
To begin with, Huawei has set up an Emergency Team to handle COVID-related concerns of employees and to provide hospitalisation support to them, in addition to setting up a dedicated portal for COVID-19 care. NEW DELHI: Technology giant Huawei Technologies India, the company’s R&D Centre located in Bengaluru, Monday launched a range of programs to […]
Power Consumption Grows Nearly 19 pc in 1st Fortnight of May
During the first fortnight of May this year (from May 1 to 14), peak power demand met or the highest supply in a day touched the highest level of 168.78 GW New Delhi: Power consumption in the country grew by around 19 per cent in the first fortnight of May to 51.67 billion units (BU) […]
ADB Commits Record $3.92 Billion Loan to India for 13 Projects in 2020
The Asian Development Bank on Friday said it has committed a record USD 3.92 billion in sovereign loans for 13 projects to India in 2020, including USD 1.8 billion in COVID-19 related projects to support the government’s pandemic response. The Asian Development Bank on Friday said it has committed a record USD 3.92 billion in […]
Hanwha Solutions Betting on Solar Business
Hanwha Solutions’ solar business is on track to become a major cash cow for the company within the next few years. “The company aims to create 21 trillion won in revenue by 2025 with an operating profit of 2.3 trillion won, which we stated before for our medium-term goal,” Hanwha Solutions told investors upon announcing […]
Solarvest Eyes Higher Exposure in Asset Ownership for Recurring Income
SOLARVEST Holdings Bhd, a solar turnkey engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) solution specialist, is making its debut as an asset owner in the fourth cycle of the large-scale solar programme (LSS4). Solarvest was one of the bidders who recently won the government’s tender to develop LSS4, where it is to provide a cumulative capacity […]
COVID 19: MNRE Waives Off Requirement of Hard Copies of Invoices for RE Projects
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India has published an official notice regarding invoicing of Renewable Energy (RE) supplied by Renewable Energy Generating Stations in view of the situation prevailing due to the second wave of COVID-19. As a measure of relief to the RE project, MNRE has decided that from April […]
